(NJ Spotlight News)Law gives highly trained professionals freedom to prescribe medication, deliver health care without physician oversight
(NJ Spotlight News)Law gives highly trained professionals freedom to prescribe medication, deliver health care without physician oversight
(NJ Spotlight News)Supporters say it could alleviate the shortage of health care workers, notably in behavioral health
(John Mooney; NJ Spotlight News)Medical union starts its fight as three others finalize their contracts after strike

The students were part of an accelerated three-year program

Doctors, nurses, and pharmacists from hospital emergency departments in New Jersey learned about a new initiative to reduce opioid prescribing.

A congressional bill from the 90s is cited as one of the biggest factors that has led to the doctor shortage.

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School is one of the first to develop techniques in the field of terror medicine. The training covers how to get ...

It's been a banner year for gun sales. Almost 20 million background checks even before December started. Do sales spike when there's a terror attack? ...

Joel Cantor of Rutgers' Center for State Health Policy, tells NJ Today's Managing Editor Mike Schneider the state also has one of the costliest and ...

Assemblywoman Amy Handlin says that legislative proposals she set forth would help stop the state's medical brain drain.

With data showing the shortage of doctors worsening, new bills and proposals aim to ensure that physicians stay in NJ.